Let me be clear, I'm not a keen viewer nowadays, but was subject to watching it on catch up TV. Honest. For me it hasn't been the same since the demise of Vera and Jack. Everyone today seems to be a criminal, adulterer, or both.

Maybe there are other strange places where images of our heroes have surprised us. I'd hate this thread not to have at least one response, especially during our fluffy holiday season.

Let me be clear, I'm not a keen viewer nowadays, but was subject to watching it on catch up TV. Honest. For me it hasn't been the same since the demise of Vera and Jack. Everyone today seems to be a criminal, adulterer, or both.

Maybe there are other strange places where images of our heroes have surprised us. I'd hate this thread not to have at least one response, especially during our fluffy holiday season.

Rob

Sad to say that I noticed that too!. One of the houses in Emmerdale also has historic motor sport prints on the wall. I think the house is currently occupied by two 'Geordie' women. Hope this is of some reassurance to you Rob.

I believe Fangio and Luigi Fagioli both once appeared in Corrie. Trouble began in The Rovers, however, when Fagioli was ordered to hand his pint to the maestro, whose own glass had become chipped. Fagioli later stormed off the set and vowed never to appear in the soap again.

I believe Fangio and Luigi Fagioli both once appeared in Corrie. Trouble began in The Rovers, however, when Fagioli was ordered to hand his pint to the maestro, whose own glass had become chipped. Fagioli later stormed off the set and vowed never to appear in the soap again.

Or am I confusing this with some other incident?

I see you've been on the seasonal pop Simon.

The street has seen a succession of famous faces, including Parfitt and Rossi, Sir Ian Mckellen, and Peter Kaye. I can't recall any motorsport connection. I can't really imagine a tartan capped Scotsman turning up in the Rovers flogging fake Rolexes.

The closest I can recall is John Frankenheimer's Jeff Jordan turning up as Elsie Tanner's on-off love interest, sailor Bill Gregory.

I believe Fangio and Luigi Fagioli both once appeared in Corrie. Trouble began in The Rovers, however, when Fagioli was ordered to hand his pint to the maestro, whose own glass had become chipped. Fagioli later stormed off the set and vowed never to appear in the soap again.

Or am I confusing this with some other incident?

Didn't Peter Collins once hand over his own pint to Fangio after the Argentinian complained that his tasted a bit off?

Didn't Peter Collins once hand over his own pint to Fangio after the Argentinian complained that his tasted a bit off?

I remember an episode of Corrie in 1955, Fangio was heading towards the bar to order, when a young Stirling nipped in front at the very last moment to get his order in first. Some misguided souls have since claimed that it was Juan Manuel's innate good manners that allowed the youngster to score.

Let me be clear, I'm not a keen viewer nowadays, but was subject to watching it on catch up TV. Honest. For me it hasn't been the same since the demise of Vera and Jack. Everyone today seems to be a criminal, adulterer, or both.

Maybe there are other strange places where images of our heroes have surprised us. I'd hate this thread not to have at least one response, especially during our fluffy holiday season.

Rob

I wonder: did the wholesale swapping of cars by the fifties Maserati and Ferrari sports car teams inspire some of the storylines?

I remember an episode of Corrie in 1955, Fangio was heading towards the bar to order, when a young Stirling nipped in front at the very last moment to get his order in first. Some misguided souls have since claimed that it was Juan Manuel's innate good manners that allowed the youngster to score.

Similarly, a couple of years later Fangio was getting a round in when he was suddenly caught short. After spending far longer than intended in the gents (some say it was the chemical reaction of suspect pork scratchings and Newton & Ridley's finest), he was only just able to rush out and elbow his way past Collins & Hawthorn to the bar to complete his order before Annie Walker rang for last orders.

The street has seen a succession of famous faces, including Parfitt and Rossi, Sir Ian Mckellen, and Peter Kaye. I can't recall any motorsport connection. I can't really imagine a tartan capped Scotsman turning up in the Rovers flogging fake Rolexes.

The closest I can recall is John Frankenheimer's Jeff Jordan turning up as Elsie Tanner's on-off love interest, sailor Bill Gregory.

But I'm sure someone else will top this.

Rob

Mike Hailwood appeared once as a young, leather jacket-clad motorcyclist.

I am a Corrie fan and have been for years- brilliantly written and extremely funny. Some years ago- mid 90s - I heard somebody make a comment at the bar of The Rover's Return how weird it was that the Peugeot V10s in the Jordans sounded very different from the Hondas etc. It was a spot on comment - the Jordan made a wonderful doomy howl-but absolutely not in the context I would have expected. I assume one of the scriptwriters for that episode was another motor sport anorak.

Going back many, many years Dennis Tanner (who has mysteriously reappeared, looking little older, 50 years on) went to an Oulton Park meeting one weekend with some "posh" friends who his mother was convinced were up to no good.

I gather Fangio's intuition came to his aid relatively recently. He was heading for another quiet half in The Rovers, knowing he was unlikely to encounter further problems with Fagioli, when he realised pedestrians were all looking the other way, towards the corner shop, rather than at him. He braked as a precaution and thus avoided becoming caught up in the tram accident's fiery aftermath.

I've heard it said that he sloped off to The Red Lion, Little Budworth, instead, in the certain knowledge that his evening would not be disrupted by combustible public transport.

There is another connection with Coronation Street and this forum. Perhaps you may recall the question of "Who is the large gentleman photographed at Old Hall Corner". That was Peter Ricketts, father of Adam Ricketts, who I believe is one of the rogues and vagabonds in the acting "profession", employed in the series. Never watched it but used to supply hire cars and chauffeur cars to Granada back in the early 60s.

He was on Corrie about 15 years ago now. He then released a truly awful music record.

And then IIRC went into politics. Only a Corrie fan would know such trivia...

PS I don't think much should be read into the Fangio print on the living-room wall - it was probably a prop left lying around in the studios. But I have enjoyed the analogies of "The Old Man" and life on the cobbled streets. Was he the Argentinian milk-float driver who smashed a front wheel against the kerb on Bessie Street, but bravely continued to the end of his round with only one wheel steering? And finished on time.